Notes For Friday, December 20, 2002
GLENDA THE GOOD WITCH OFF TO TALLAHASSE. IS IT A DEMOTION? Mike Thomas writes that Orlando Mayor Glenda Hood's becoming Florida's Secretary of State means she "will go from chief executive to someone who has to wait in line to see the chief executive. She will be like Lady in Lady in the Tramp, dumped in the dog pound with the other mutts." Thomas ocerestimates Hood's cachet. She is hardly the budding GOP "superstar" he believes her to be. With all due respect, Orlando is little more than Palatka with a few big buildings, and repeatedly being elected mayor of Orlando - in non-partisan races - means very little. Hood is a lightweight going to an appropriately lightweight job. 9:38 AM [Go to current Florida Politics site (no popup ads)]
LIKE BROTHER, LIKE BROTHER - GOV BUSH CONSIDERING FAITH BASED OFFICE. Copying the stalled federal initiative, Gov Bush "may create an office at the highest level of state government to coordinate contracts with religious organizations." Nancy Cook Lauer's Knight Ridder Newspapers piece notes that "Bush's transition team are recommending the faith-based office be located within the Governor's Office. Bush said he's considering that but hasn't made up his mind."
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BUSH TO USE RELIGIOUS GROUPS TO HELP FLORIDIANS' MARRIAGES. AP reports that Gov Bush "plans to enlist religious organizations to help with his goal of creating stronger marriages."
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